C Language

Posted on 02nd May 2013

C is one of the most widely used programming languages developed by American computer scientist Dennis Ritchie in the early 70s. As C became popular and different versions of C were implemented on a wide variety of platforms, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published a standard for C in 1989, called the "ANSI C". Later the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted the ANSI C with some formatting changes, which is called C90.

Features of C

C is an extremely powerful high level language with its ability to control the hardware similar to that of an assembly language.

It is used for system level and general purpose programming. The UNIX operating system is programmed using the C language.

It is a compiled language, which means you need a C Compiler to convert your program to an executable. C Compilers are available on almost all computer platforms.

It is highly portable can run on almost any operating system with little or no change to its source code.

It is a procedural language, so it follows a sequence of statements and procedures.

About this tutorial

This tutorial is a beginner's guide to developing C programs. It presumes that you have knowledge of the basic concepts of programming.